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    The M1903 Springfield, officially the U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1903, is an American five-round magazine-fed, bolt-action service repeating rifle, used...
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  • 300 m). The M1903 Springfield rifle, which had been introduced alongside the .30-03 cartridge, was modified to accept the new .30-06 Springfield cartridge...
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    Krag was replaced beginning in 1903 with the introduction of the M1903 Springfield rifle, which was essentially a copy of a Mauser, although some design...
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    battle implement ever devised". The M1 replaced the (bolt-action) M1903 Springfield as the U.S. service rifle in 1936, and was itself replaced by the...
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  • M1903, meaning Model of 1903, can refer to a number of different pieces of equipment M1903 Springfield rifle FN Model 1903 Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer...
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    The Pedersen device was an experimental weapon attachment for the M1903 Springfield bolt action rifle that allowed it to fire a .30 caliber (7.62 mm)...
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    it had a similar need for rifles. The Springfield Armory had delivered approximately 843,000 M1903 Springfield rifles, but due to the difficulties in...
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    Mauser C96, Roth–Steyr M1907, Lee-Enfield, Mosin–Nagant, Gewehr 98, M1903 Springfield, SKS, Vz. 58 and T48 rifle. Detachable magazines may also be loaded...
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  • LLC. JuniorTarget 521TL Remington–Keene rifle Remington-Lee Rifles M1903 Springfield rifle Mosin–Nagant M1917 Enfield rifle Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model...
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    war; and many American units, especially the USMC, used bolt-action M1903 Springfield rifles until sufficient numbers of M1 Garand rifles were made available...
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  • 98 with others from the M1903 Springfield. The Model 1936 was of Mexican design. Externally, it was similar to M1903 Springfield, using the same type of...
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  • 5-round magazine. It was built as a cadet rifle, designed to mimic the M1903 Springfield rifle for training purposes. It was produced in several different...
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    Gewehr 98, and its variant the Karabiner 98k, the related American M1903 Springfield and M1917 Enfield, Swiss K31, and many others. Stripper clips were...
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    greatest battle implement ever devised." It replaced the bolt action M1903 Springfield and was the first gas-operated semi-automatic rifle adopted as a national...
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  • Spanish–American War, the Krag–Jørgensens, led the US Army to develop the M1903 Springfield, which itself heavily copied Mauser's designs. In 1887, the Spanish...
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    part of a program to standardize and adopt a replacement for the M1903 Springfield. Although the Pedersen was rated for a time as the most likely candidate...
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  • Roosevelt's use of a sporterized .30-03 Springfield on a safari to Kenya and Uganda, decided to turn his own M1903 Springfield rifle into a sporter. He purchased...
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    Mossberg 500. He designed the Pedersen device that converted the M1903 Springfield into an autoloading pistol-caliber longarm. Pedersen later worked...
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    During World War I the Springfield Armory produced ≈25,000 M1911 pistols before all facilities were dedicated to production of M1903 rifles. In 1919, when...
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  • more efficient M1903 Springfield. Although the Model 1888 Springfield proved to be the most developed and efficient of the Springfield trapdoor rifles...
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  • Knife M1917/M1918/Mark I Trench Knife M1939 Machete M1942 Bayonet (M1903 Springfield/M1 Garand) M1942 Bolo Knife (United States Navy Hospital Corpsman)...
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    The Model of 1905 bayonet was made for the U.S. M1903 Springfield rifle. This designation was changed to Model 1905 in 1917, and then to M1905 in 1925...
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  • this was unnecessary on a sporting rifle and the Mauser M98 and M1903 Springfield type cock-on-opening bolt was preferred by American sportsmen, so...
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    periscope rifles including the "Elder" and the "Cameron-Yaggi" for the M1903 Springfield were devised in the United States. The Cameron-Yaggi was invented...
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  • first cartridge had been loaded. Unlike the M1892 Springfield (Krag) and the later M1903 Springfield rifle, the Lee straight-pull did not have a magazine...
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    from any Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). The platoon use a M1903 Springfield. Regiment officials have said that on any given year, the team participates...
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    2007 M1903 Springfield primer actuacted prototype .30-06 Springfield  US 1921 M1903 Springfield headspace operated prototype .30-06 Springfield  US M1916...
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    30-03 cartridge (standardized for the M1903 Springfield rifle) as the M1903. The later M1903-'06 was an M1903 converted to .30-06. This conversion was...
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    M14 rifle (category Springfield firearms)
    service longer than any other U.S. infantry rifle, surpassing the M1903 Springfield rifle, and holds the distinction of serving one of the shortest periods...
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    popularity of the relatively recently introduced .30-06 Springfield, chambered for the M1903 Springfield bolt action rifle, which was commonly "sporterized"...
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